Kaarina Määttä Editor & Author

Kaarina Määttä, Ph.D., is Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Educational Psychology in the Faculty of Education at the University of Lapland, Finland. Her research interests include love, attachment, and social relationships during the life span of human beings; early education; guidance on and processes of doctoral theses; and positive psychology and human strengths. Previous publications include 'Expertise of early childhood educators' in International Education Studies, vol. 4 no. 3. Satu Uusiautti, Ed.D., is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Faculty of Education at the University of Lapland, Finland. Her research interests include qualitative methods, positive psychology, and happiness, success, and well-being at various phases of life. Previous publications include 'The ability to love – a virtue-based approach' in British Journal of Educational Research, vol. 2 no. 1.